Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...

¶Howe kynge Edwarde gate ayen vnto hym gracyously the homages and feautees of Scotlonde / wherof he was put oute thrughe y^e false counseyll of the quene Isabell his moder & syre Roger Mortymer. that was newely made Erle of Matche.

NOw haue ye herde how Iohan Bayl∣lol in the tyme of peas was chosen to be kynge of Scotlonde for cause that he came of the eldest doughter of the Erle Dauyd of Hun¦tyngton / that was kynge Alysanders broder of Scotlond / that deyed without heyre of hys body begoten / And how this Iohan made his feaute and homage to kynge Edwarde / Hen∣ryes sone the thyrde. for his londes of Scotlon¦de / And how he afterwarde with sayd hys ho¦mage / thrugh counseyll of the Scottes / in the yere of our lorde ·M.CC.lxxiiii. and sente vn¦to

the pope thrugh. a fals suggestyō that he ma¦de hys othe vnto the forsayd kynge Edwarde ouer hys estate and his wil / of the whyche othe the pope hym assoyled thrughe hys bullys to hym ysent. ¶And anone as kynge Edwarde wyst therof / he ordeyne anone hys barons and came vnto Berwyk / and cōquered the towne. at the whyche conquest there were slayne .xxv. thousande & .vii. hundred. & Bayllol that was kyng of Scotlond came & yeldyd hym to gode kynge Edwarde / & y^e kyng delyuered hym out of the toure of London. and all the grete lordes with hym y^t tho were taken at Berwyk & yaue theym saufconduyte / to goo into Scotlonde. And the Scottes sythe thrugh theyr falsnesse / warred vpon the good kynge Edwarde. And whan syr Iohan Bayloll kynge of Scotlonde sawe all this / he wente ouer see vnto Dunpier and lyued there vpon hys londes as well as he myght. tyll that y^e Scottes wolde amende the∣ym of theyr mysdedys and trespaas / and ladde with hym syr Edwarde his sone. wherfore the Scottes in dyspyte of hym callyd hym syr Io¦han Turnlabard / for bycause that he wolde not ne offend ne trespaas ayenst the good kyn∣ge Edwarde of Englonde. And soo he for soke hys reame of Scotlonde / and sette therof but lytyll pryce. And this syr Iohan dwellyd longe tyme in Fraunce / tyll that he deyed there & syr Edward his sone receyued hys herytage / and dyde homage to the kynge of Fraunce / for his londes of Dunpier / And so it befell afterwar∣de / that Edward that was Iohan Bayllols so¦ne / had with hym a squyre of Englond y^t was in yorke shyre / that was callyd Iohan of Bar¦naby / and this Edwarde Bayllol louyd hym moche / and was nyghe hym / & full preuy. And so this Iohn̄ of Barnaby was in debate with a Frenche man in the towne of Dunpier / & so he slewe hym and wente hys way in all the ha∣ste that he myghte in to the castell. For to haue socoure and helpe of hys lorde. And anone ca∣me offycers of the towne. to take Iohn̄ of Bar¦naby as a felon. and syr Edward his lorde hol¦pe hym / and rescowed hym / and by nyght ma¦de hym go out of the castell / and so he went hys waye and came in to Englonde withoute ony harme. ¶And whan the kyng of fraunce saw that syr Edwarde had rescowed his felon. He became wonder wrothe ayenst syr Edward. & anone lete hym arestyd and toke into hys hon∣des all his londes. Tho dwellyd syr •• Edward in pryson / vnto the tyme that syr Henry of Be¦aumount came into fraunce / the whiche Hen¦ry somtyme was erle of Anguysshe in Scot∣londe and was put out therof whan chacorde¦ment was bytwene Englonde and Scotlond thrugh the quene Isabell and syr Roger Mor¦tymer and theyr company for y^e moryage that she made bytwene Dauyd / that was Roberte Brus sone and dame Iohanne of Tour kyn¦ge Edwards syster of Englond / & well vnder¦stonde thys / that att the ende he sholde come to his ryght / but yf it were syre Edwarde Bayl¦loll / that was ryght heyre of the reame of Scot¦londe. ¶And the kyng of fraunce Lowys lo∣uyd moche this syr Henry. And he was wyth hym full preuy / and thought for to make a de∣lyueraunce of syr Edward Baylloll / yf he my¦ghte in ony maner of wyse. ¶Tho prayed he the kynge that he wolde of his grace gaūt hym syre Edwarde Bayllols body / vnto the nexte parlement. that he myght lyue with hys owne rentes in the meane tyme / and that he myghte stonde to be Iugyd with his perys att the par∣lement. And the kynge grauntyd hym his pray¦er / and made the forsayde Edwarde to be dely¦uered out of pryson / in the manere aboue sayd And anone as he was out of pryson syr Henry toke hym forth with hym & ladde hym in to en∣glonde / and made hym dwelle pryuely att the manere of Sandhall vpon Ouse in yorke shy¦re with the lady Vescy. And soo he ordeyned hym there an huge retenewe of Englysshmen and also of alyuntes / for to conquere ayen his herytage / and so he yaue moche syluer vnto y^e souldyours and alyauntes for to helpe hym •• And they behyght for to helpe hym in that they myght / but they faylled hym att hys moost ne∣de. ¶And at that tyme Dauyd erle of Moryf herde tell how that syr Edward Bayloll was pryuely come into englond. And came to hym and made wyth hym gerte Ioye of his comyn¦ge and sayd vnto hym and behyght hym that all the greate lordes of Englonde / sholde be to hym entendaunte / & sholde hym holde for kyn∣ge as ryght heyre of Scotlōde / and dyd to hym feaute· ¶Tho came syr Henry of Beaumon¦te to kynge edwarde of Englonde. And pray¦ed hym in the waye of charyte / that he wolde graunt of his greate vnto syr Edwarde Bayl¦loll that he myghte sau••ly goo by londe frome

Sandhall / vnto Scotlonde / to conquere hys ryght & herytaunce in Scotlond. ¶The kyn¦ge answerde & sayde / yf that I suffre Bayllol. go thrugh my londe in to Scotlonde. thenne the people wolde saye / y^t I shold be assentynge vnto the company. ¶Now syr I praye you y^t ye wolde yeue hym leue to take with hym soul∣dyours of Englysshmen that they myght sauf¦ly lede hym thrugh your londe to Scotlonde / And syr vpno thys couenaunte that yf it so be∣fall / as god it for bydde that he dyscomfyted in bytayll thrugh the Scottes / that I and also al the lordes that holde with Bayllol / ben for e∣uer more out of our rentes that we haue in en∣glonde. And there the kynge vppon this coue∣naunte / grauntyd theyr bone / as towchynge hym / and tho that were of the same quarell the whiche claymed for to haue londes and rentes in the reame of Englonde And thyse were the names of tho lordes that pursued this for sayd matere and quarell. ¶That is to saye / syr Ed¦warde Bayllol / the whiche chalengyd the rea¦me of Scotlonde. syr Henry Beaumonte erle of Angusshe / syr Dauyd of Stroboly erle of a theles / syr Geffray of Mombraye / walter Co¦myn and many other that were put out of the¦yr herytage in Sctlonde whan the peas was made bytwene Englonde and Scotlonde as before is sayde / And ye shall vnderstonde that thyse lordes tooke with theym fyue houndred men of armes. and two thousande Archers & of fote men. and tho wente in to shyppe at Ra∣uen. pore / & sayled by the see / tylle that they ca∣me vnto Scotlond. and came to londe at Kyn¦kehorne .xii. myle fro saynt Iohannes towne / And anone sent out there shyppes agayne / for that they shold not be hurte / ne empeyred / ney¦ther taht no man sholde go in to the shyppes a∣gayne thoughe that they had nede / but abybe all perylles and not flee but stonde / and rather suffre deth than flee for to mayntene their true quarell. whan the erle of Fyffe. a fyers man & a sterne / harde that Bayllol was come / for to taste the londe of Scotlond / he came in hast to Kynke horne / with ·iii. thousand Scottes / for to dystroye hym / that he shold not come to lon¦de / But syr Edwarde Bayllol and his compa¦ny there hym dyscomfyted / at the whiche dys∣comfyture syr Alysāder Seton was there slay¦ne / & many other. The Erle of Fyffe / was th•• sore and full euyll ashamyd / that so lytyll a cō∣pany had hym dyscomfyted / and shamefully put hym and all his company that were alyue for to flee. ¶Tho came syr Edwarde Bayllol and toke the coō tree all aboute hym. tyll he ca∣me vnto the abbay of Dūfermlin. and ther he founde vytaylles for hym and for his folke / & amonge all other thynge he founde in a cham¦bre aboute fyue houndred of grete staues of •• fy¦ne oke with longe prykes of yren. and of stele And he toke them & delyuerd them to the moste strōgest men of his companye. And anone af¦ter he yede fro thens. And lodged hym in a fel∣de .ii. myles from saynt Iohānes towne. And whan the burgeys of the towne herde how the erle of Fyffe was dyscomfyted thrughe Bayl∣loll. brake y^e brydges that they had made ouer the water of Erne. so that Bayllol myght not go ouer / wherfore he lodged hym there all that nyght / but lytyll hede he toke of reste. and say∣de vnto his people / Now dere lordes ye know full well. that ben now lodged bytwene our en¦myes / and they maye vs hampre / there is noo bote but dethe. wherfore yf we abyde stylle all this nyght· I wene it shall torne vs to moche harme. For the power of Scotlonde may eue∣ry wexe and encrece and we maye not so doo. And we ben but lytylle people ayenste theym wherfore I praye you for the loue of almyghty god make we vs bolde and hardy and that we may myghtely take the Scottes this nyght / & boldly werre vpon theym. and lete vs pursue theym thys nyghte. And yf they be trauaylled thorugh vs. & see our hardynesse. other Scot∣tes that see them so traueylled and wery· the so¦rer woll they be adradde with vs to fyght and fyersly thenne shall we fyght with them. And on them pursue. Soo that thrughe the grace of god / all the worlde shall speke of the doughty∣nes of our chyualry. ¶And syres vnderston¦deth wel that all the companye that came with syr Robert Baylloll / graunted well vnto that counseyll / and were therof ryght gladde. and anone pursued vppon the Scottes. that they became wonder wery. And Baylloll & his com¦pany sore folowed them / and dyde them mo∣che harme and sorowe / thrugh ther assente. so that thy myght not for feblynesse theym helpe and for lytyl people. ¶But tho sayd the Scot¦tes amonge them / what is nowe befall that so lytyll a people as Baylloll hath in wynge doth vs so moche traueyll and sorowe Now certes

it semyth vs that he werketh by grace / for he is wonder gracyous in hys quarell and we cer¦tes shall be dede or that we maye come to hym vs for to yelde Sith that his fader sete of vs no pryce. ¶And amonge alle hys other thynges Baylloll and his people passed the water of Er¦ne so that Robert Swynerton the sone was fy¦ers and angrye / and wente forthe and they sa∣we people of armys full well arayed. and forth they wente vnto them and wyth them faught And slewe and toke as many as wolde abyde: And neuertheles at that assewte they wende it had be the grete hoste of Scotlond. And whan it came to the morowe. they gadred theym to∣gyder / and restyd theym a whyle· ¶And why¦le the Englysshemen rested them / the noble ba¦ron Thomas Vescy / and the noble barō / Staf¦forde / pryckyd theyr hors vp and downe by the hylles / for to kepe the estrees of the countree / & as they pryckyd vp and downe. they saw a gre¦te host of gode araye ordeyned in theyr wynge with helmes and sheldes shynynge comynge v¦pon them. and then̄e came tho two barōs ayen vnto Bayllols folke / & sayd. Now for the loue of god almyghty be of good cōforth for ye shall haue batayll an one ryght. ¶And tho spake syr fouk the sone of Garenne· a baran of greate renowne and of dedys of armys / Syres vnder¦stonde what I wyll saye / I haue seen many dy¦uers wynges / as well amonge sarasyns and Iewes / as amonge the Scottes / and yet sawe I neuer the fourthe parte of the wynge fyght. & therfore yf ye wyl abyde our enmyes / we ben ynough for them. but yf we be not of gode her¦te and of good courage we been but loste. And therfore for the loue of god. take to vs gode her¦te / and lette vs be bolde / ad thynke we neuer of our wyues ne of oure chyldren / but only to cō¦quere our enmyes in batayll. ¶And thrugh the helpe of our lorde we shall them ouercome And wyth that came the hoste of the Scottes to warde theym full serely / and ayenst syr Ed¦warde Baylloll in thre bataylles well arayed in armoure. ¶And wonder fyersly they came to warde the Bayllols company / But whan syr Donald erle of Marcell that was with the Scottes / sawe all this / he sayd vnto Roberte Brus the sone of Robert the Brus thyse wor¦des / Syr Robert sayd he full fore me for thyn¦kyth att my herte / that thyse people that Bayl¦loll hathe brought wyth hym sholde deye wyth dy••te of Scottes swerdes / sythe that they ben crysten men as we ben. And therfore me thyn¦kyth that it were grete charyte for to sende vn∣to theym / for to yelde theym / vnto our mercy / and raunsomme theym vnto greuous raun∣somme / for as moche as they haue taken oure londes and done yll. Now certes sayd syr Ro¦berte the Brus / I haue well rerceyued / that thou arte an enmye and a traytour vnto Scot¦londe / sythe that thou wylte consente to saue our dedely enmyes / that haue done vs moche sorowe and shame & now it semyth wel that ye be of theyr assente Now certes Robert sayde syr donald / falsly ye lye. I am not of theyr com¦pany ne of theyr consent / & y^t hastyly ye shall se for I wyll fyz••e wyth them rather than ony of thys company / & certes syr Robert sayd he I shall in mauger of thy hede assayll they or thou And wyth y^t they pryckyd theyr stedys fye••sly vpon Gaskemore. and theyr wynge theym fo¦lowed on a reng. & tho came they & mette wyth Baylloll & hys cōpany at an hangynge bough of the more ī a strayte passage & so fast they has¦tyd thē vnto y^e Englysshmen y^e thousand / felle vnto the grounde echone ouer vpon other into an hepe hors and man bayllol & his men mygh¦tyly stode ayenst theym / & fast slewe the Scot∣tes to the grounde / and many they wounded / soo longe / tyll that they stode vpon theym and foyned theym wyth theyr swerdes and speres thrughe theyr bodyes / and fulle sore they were trauaylled vppon theym / tylle that they beca∣me wonder wery / and wyste not what for too doo. And the Scottes that were lete alyue fledde awaye / for to saue them selfe in the beste manere that they myght. And tho pursued the¦ym syre Edwarde baylloll and hys men / and slewe of theym tyll it was nyght. And fro thēs they wente to Saynt Iohannes towne / and toke it. & helde them there and vytaylled them self at there owne wyll / for they foūde ynough wherwith to make mery. Tho made Baylloll his men y^t were wonded goo to shyp / to sayll in to Englonde / to hele ther woundes. & in y^e tyme there was a flēmynge in the see. a stonge theyf And a robber that was callyd crab & this flēmī¦ge was dryuen out of Flaundres for hys wyc∣kydnesse & therfore he came into Scotlond to holde with the scottes / & dyde as moche harme to the Englysshmen as he myght do. And thys Crabbe mette Bayllols men in y^e see that were

woūded before in batayll y^t were sent ayen in∣to Englonde. for to hele theyr woundes. and this crabbe yaaf to theym a gete assawte. and wold haue slayne theym euery chone. But the Englysshmen defended them well & manly & dyscomfyte Crabbe & his company & tho gan he fle into Scotlond. ¶And as he cam towar¦de saynt Iohānes towne / he foūde a grete con∣pany of scottes / y^t were come ayen togyder af∣ter the dyscomfyture at Gaskemore. the why∣che byseyged Bayllol and hys men ī the same towne of saynt Iohan· And anone tolde tolde the Scottes how that he was dyscomfyted of the Englysshmen / y^t were woundyd at Gaske¦more / that went towarde Englonde / forts he¦le theyr woundes / And sayd to the Scottes / y^t they sholde haue nother power ne myghte ne grace ayenst Edwarde Bayllol / by cause that he scomfyted / & empeyred alle the chyualry of Scotlond with a handfall of men as to ••ōpte ayenst the Scottes that were slayne. wherfore he coūseylled to remeue the sege from saynt Io¦hannes towne / & kepe theym in the best mane¦re that they myght. ¶The Scottes vndersto¦de that crabbe sayd sothe / for soke the sege and wente thens by nyghte. ¶whan thys thynge was knowe thrughe Scotlonde how that the lordes & knyghtes were dyscomfyted at Gas∣kemore of Scotlonde thrughe syre Edwarde Bayllol / ye shall vnderstonde y^t the lordes & la¦dyes / & the gentyls of Scotlond came wonder faste to saynt Iohannes towne / & yeldyd the∣ym vnto Bayllol. & to hym dyd homage & feau¦te for theyr sondes & yelde theym to his peas & he theym receyued frely / And fro thens he wē¦te to the abbay of Scone. & there he was crow¦ned kyng of Scotlond / & after he lete crye hys peas thrughe out all the londe. ¶And at that same tyme it befell that kynge Edwarde helde his parlement amonge hys leyges at the newe castell vpon Tyne for to amende the trespaces and the wronges that had ben done in his lon∣de. And syr Edwarde Bayllol kynge of Scot¦londe came to hym thyther / and dyde to hym homage & feautee / for the reame of Scotlond And in thys maner kynge Edwarde of Eng∣londe gadred ayen hys homages & feautees of Scotlonde / wher of he was put out / thrughe counseyll and assent of dame Isabell hys mo∣der / and of syr Roger Mortymer erle of Mar¦che / Tho toke Bayllol kyng of Scotlond hys leue of kynge Edwarde of Englonde / & went thens in to his owne londe of Scotlonde & set but lytyll by suche as had counseylled hym / & holpen hym in hys quarel / wherfore they wen¦te from hym & went & lyued by theyr owne lon¦des and renttes in Scotlond. ¶And so it befel after warde not longe / that that the kynge of Scotlonde ne remeued & came to the toure of Anande & there tooke hys dwellynge / and thy∣der came to hym a company of knyghtes stron¦ge men & worthy / & yelded them vnto the kyn∣ge. And bare theym so fayr in dede and in coū∣tenaūce / so that he trustyd moche vpon theym And anone as the traytours sawe that he tru∣styd moche vpon theym / they ordened amon¦ge theym fyfty in a company / and wolde haue slayne theyr lorde the kynge / But thrugh the grace of almyghty god / he brake thrugh a wal¦le an hole in his chambre / & as god wolde sca∣pyd theyr trechery / & all hys men were slayne / and he escaped with moche dred vnto the tow¦ne of Cardoyll / And there he helde hym sore a∣noyed. And this befell vpon our ladyes euen y^e cōcepcyon. ¶Tho sent kynge Edward Bayl¦loll to kynge Edwarde of. Englonde / how fals¦ly and tratoursly he was in lytyll tyme / put to shame & sorowe thrughe his lyege men / vppon whom he trustyd wonder moche. And prayed hym for y^e loue of god that he wolde mayntene hym & helpe hym ayenst hys enmyes. the kyn∣ge of englond had of hym grete pyte / & behight to helpe hym & socour hym. and sēt hym worde that he shold hold hym in peas styll in y^e forsay¦de cyte of Cardoyll / tyll y^t he had gadred his po¦wer. ¶Tho ordeyned kyng Edwarde of En¦glonde a counseyll at London / & lete gadre his men in diuers shyres of Englond. and whan he was alle redy / he wente towarde the towne of Berwyk vpon Twede / and theder came to hym kyng Edward Baylloll of scotlond with his powere / and beseged the towne / And made without the towne a fayr towne of pauylyons and dyched theym all abowte / so that they had no drede of the▪ Scottes / & made manye assaw¦te with ••onnes and wyth other engynnes to y^e towne. wherwyth they dystroyed many fayre houses / & chyrches also were beten downe to y^e erthe with grete stones / the spitously came out of gonnes & other engynes. And neuertheles y^e Scottes kept ryght well the towne / y^t tho two kynges myghte not come therin longe tyme. &

n••theles the kynges abode there so longe / tyll tho that were within y^e towne fayled vytaylles & also they were so wery of wakynge. that they wyst not what for to do. ¶And ye shall vnder¦stende that tho scottes y^t were wythin y^e towne of Berwyk / thrugh comyn counseyl & theyr as¦sent. lete crye vpon y^e wallys of the twone. that they myght haue peas of the Englysshmē and therof they prayed the kyng of his grace & mer¦cy & prayed gym of trwes for .viii. dayes vpon this couenaunte / y^t yf they were not rescowed in that syde of the towne towarde Scotlond of y^e Scottes within .viii. dayes y^t they wolde yel∣de theym vnto y^e kyng & the towne also / And to holde this couenaunt / they prouffred to the kin¦ge .xii. hostages out of the towne of Berwyk. ¶Whan the hostages were delyuerde / vnto y^e kynge / anone tho of the towne sent vnto y^e scot¦tes / & tolde theym of theyr sorowe & myscheyf / And the Scottes tho came pryuely ouer the wa¦ter of Twede to y^e bought of the abbaye. & syr wyllyā Dyket that was tho Stewarde of scot∣londe. & many other that came wyth hym / put theym theyr in grete peryll of themself att that tyme & of ther lyf / For they came ouer a bryd∣ge y^t was to broke & y^e stones away / & many of theyr company were there drowned / But the forsayd wyllyam went ouer / & other of compa¦ny / & came by the shyppes of Englond / & slew in a barge of Hull .xvi· mē and after they went into the towne of Berwyk by the water syde / wherfore the Scottes helde tho the towne res∣cowed / & askyd theyr hostages ayen of the kyn∣ge of Englonde / & the kynge sente theym wor¦de ayē that they axyd theyr hostages with wrō¦ge syth thath they came into the towne of En∣londe syde / for couenaunt was bytwene theim that the towne sholde be rescowed by the halfe of Scotlonde and anone tho commaūded kyn¦ge Edwarde to yelde the towne / or he wolde ha¦ue the hostages and the Scottes sayd the tow¦ne was rescowed welle ynoughe & therto they wolde theym holde / whan kyng Edwarde sa∣we the Scottes breke theyr couenauntes that they made / he was wonder wrothe. and anone lete syr Thomas. Fytz wyllyam and syr Alysā¦der of Feton warden of Berewyk the whyche Thomas was person of Dunbarre. and lete thē be take fyrste afore that other hostages for cause that Syr Alysanders fader was keper of the towne. ¶And tho commaunded euerye daye two hostages of the towne / tyll that they were all do to deth. But yf they yelded the tow¦ne / & so he sholde teche them for to breke theyr couenauntes. And whan they of the towne her¦de thyse tydyng{is} they became wonder sory and sente to the kyng that he wolde graunt them o∣ther .viii. dayes of respyte. So that bytwene two hundre men of armys and .xx. men of ar∣mes myght by strenthe go bytwene them to y^e towne of Berwyk theym for to vytaylle / that the towne must be holde for rescowed. And yf soo were that .xxi. or .xxii. or more were slayne of tho two hundred before sayde. that the tow∣sholde not be holde for rescowed. And thys co¦uenaunte to be holde. they sente to hym other .xii. of the forsayd towne in hostage / the kynge of Englonde grauntyd theym theyr prayer & toke the hostages. on saynt Margaret{is} eue. in the yere of grace .M·CCC.xxxiii. the Scottes came fyersly well arayed in foure wynges for to mete kynge Edwarde of Englonde. and Ed¦warde the kynge of Scotlonde / with theyr po¦wer / and came faste and sharply ayenst euen∣songe tyme / And the same tyme was flood atte Berwyk in the water of Twede / that no man myghte goo ouer on hys hors / nor on fote •• and the water was bytwene tho two kynges and y^e reame of Englonde. And that tyme abode the Scottes in that other syde for cause that the en¦glyssgmen sholde haue be drowned.